Five minutes with Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission: “A single set of data-protection rules across Europe will give citizens additional confidence to go online, and save businesses 23 billion Euros in ten years”.

Reding, Viviane
(2012)
Five minutes with Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission: “A single set of data-protection rules across Europe will give citizens additional confidence to go online, and save businesses 23 billion Euros in ten years”.LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog
(02 Mar 2012)
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Abstract

Does a single market need just one data-protection regime? With current controversies about privacy rules running very hot, Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission explains why its recent proposal to change the existing rules (now two decades old) can benefit citizens and enterprises alike.